SR9:

AssignmentThreeQuestions&Concerns

DIRECTIONS:
After completing the voice recordings and reviewing the assignment sheet, list at least three
questions or concerns that you have about Assignment Three. Be sure to put your name next
to each one of yourquestions/concernssoIcangive youcreditforyourwork. Usefulquestions
will demonstrate that youhavereviewedboththevoicerecordingsandtheassignmentsheet. If
you find that you have a question that is a repeat of someone elsesthat is perfectly fine, but
DO NOT SIMPLY COPY AND PASTE ANOTHER STUDENTS WORK! You need to be sure
yourquestionsarewritteninyourownwordsandsentencepatterns.

HerearemyquestionsaboutAssignmentThree
Hereismyplaceholderexamplequestionwithmynameattached.(AshlynW.)
How should the cover page for our portfolio look? I feel that this is a weak point for my
portfolio.(ZachB)
These can vary depending on the content you are exploring throughoutyourportfolio. I
would recommend you looking at other students portfolios in theclasstosee ifyoucan
getsomeideas.
Howandwheredowesubmit/turnintheFerpaReleaseform?(ZachB)
Downloadthedocument,fillouttheappropriateinformationandemailittome.
I am a little confused with the artifacts section. In A1 out artifacts aredifferentthatwhat
the screencast mentions. So are our artifacts required forA3justtheassignmentslisted
ordoweneedtoincludetheartifactswechoseforA1withinthat?
(SamanthaS.)
Good question. Yes, theartifactsinassignmentoneareDIFFERENTthantheartifactsI
am talking about in assignment three. What I mean byartifactsareliterallythepieces
of information (assignment drafts, peer comments, responses, etc) that are all required
piecesoftheportfolio.
Im also a little confused with the selftaken photos that we need to include in the
portfolio. Im not sure what self taken photos I should include in the portfolio andwhere
ordothescreenshotswetakecountasaselftakenphoto?
(SamanthaS.)
You dont have to include a ton of selftaken photos. These are simply meant for the
aboutyoupageasyouseefit.
As for the questions we need to address in the portfolio, doweneedtoaskandanswer
them in the reflection or have it as a separate question and answer forum?
(Samantha
S.)
I highly RECOMMEND that you address these in a cohesive reflection rather than
individualquestion/answer.
Since most of the artifacts are going to be embedded with scribd, if we just screenshot
them at the beginning will that affect our grade? And wouldyourecommendgoingback
in a fixing that? (Jacob D.)
Yes, I would recommend that you Scribd embed all the
requireddocssodraftsofassignmentone,assignment2,etc.
Isthereaminimumpagelimitfortheportfolio?(AbdulAlAsfar)

Do wehavetoaddmusictothisassignmentoristhatan option?Wouldyourecommend
we include music? Im not sure what kind of music I would have if we have to. (Alia
Khizer)
Music is optionalnot required. If you choose to usemusic,youcouldselectsomething
thatisyourpersonalpreference.
Is repurposing your assignment simply just explaining what has changed in the
assignment or are you actually going back and redoing some of the assignment?
(Schroeder)
Partofrepurposing theassignmentisincorporatingthe feedbackyouhavereceivedfrom
me. The other piece of repurposing is making the document more visually friendly so
thatitiseasiertonavigatethroughintheportfolio.
Do we have to use voice records in the portfolio? Or can we use a voice recording of
someoneelseexplainingtheiropiniononthetopic?(Schroeder)
Youcanuseyourselforsomeoneelsevoiceitisuptoyou.
What kind of videos would you like us to include? I was thinking of using tennis tutorial
videosfromYouTube.(AliaKhizer)
Given the scope of your project, this would beanappropriatevideotouse. Youwantto
selectcontentspecificvideosthatgowithyourworkforthecourseoftheterm.
With the repurposing of the drafts of assignment one and two, do these have to be a
certainlength?(KylaS.)
Thelengthwouldbeatleastaslongastheoriginalassignmentrequirement.
Imstillalittleconfusedonwhatyouwantustodowiththerepurposing?(KylaS.)
Wewillgeneratesomeideasasaclasssothatyouwillhaveoptionstochoosefrom.
You stated that our portfolio should be somewhat like a narrative of what wevedonein
class. Do we need to make a sentence or paragraph for every page that explains what
the page is all about?(Example:TheSR/GR/HWpage,portfoliodevelopmentpage,etc.
Imnottalkingabouttheentriesbutthepageitself)(RanzS.)
FANTASTICIDEA!Yes,Iwouldhighlyrecommendyoudothisfortheportfolio.
Howdoweproperlyciteavideo/musicifweincludeitinourportfolio?(RanzS.)
Similartoimages,youwouldlinktotheoriginalsitewherethemusicwaspulledfrom.
Whenwerepurpose,areweessentiallyrewriting?(NickH)
Partofrepurposing theassignmentisincorporatingthe feedbackyouhavereceivedfrom
me. The other piece of repurposing is making the document more visually friendly so
thatitiseasiertonavigatethroughintheportfolio.
How do we integrate a reflection into the course portfolio without specifically writing a
reflectionstylesegment?(NickH)
You can still write a cohesive reflection, but what I dont want you to do is to randomly
place the reflection on apagebyitself. Youneedto thinkcarefullyaboutwherethebest
placetoaddthereflectionshouldbe.
HowandwheredoIcitebackgroundmusic/images?(WilliamSells)
Please see me, and I will show you how to do the citations. Its fairly easy, but it does
takesometime.
Whatisthemin/maxnumberoftabs,pagesandpictureswecanhave?(WilliamSells)

At least 5 tabs, no more than 6 main tabs. You can have dropdown menus, but you
dontwantmorethan6maintabs.
If we do not change everything that has been suggested to change will that hurt our
grade?(KristenJo)
Are you referring to the feedback you received from me? Or the peer workshop? You
always need to incorporate feedback from me I spend a lot of timeprovidingfeedback,
and I want it to be taken seriously and used. If you disagree with a point I havemade,
please see me to make your case fornotrevising. Otherwise,yes,thiscould negatively
impactyourgrade.
If we have a works cited page in the Assignment One and Two and a workscitedpage
at the end of the portfolio, should the one at the endofthe portfolioincludethesiteswe
usedforthoseAssignments?(KristenJo)
Youdonthaveto,butthisisagoodidea,yes.
Could we possibly do screencasts, like what you do for each of the assignment
guidelines,thenembeditintoourportfolio?(ZackS.)
ABSOLUTELY!!!! This is one reason I do these myself, so you all have an example of
whatyouCANdofortheportfolio.
Should our work cited page on our portfolio includeallthesourcesfromassignments1,
2, and our portfolio? Or just our portfolio since we have already listed them in our
assignmentsandthenjustciteeachspecificassignment?(ZackS.)
Youdonthaveto,butthisisagoodidea,yes.
When you said repurpose, did you mean it as like making Assignment 1 and 2 shorter
andonlyputtingtheimportantinformation?Iamstillalittleconfused.(ElenaS.)
No. The length should remain pretty much the same. Part of repurposing the
assignment is incorporating the feedback you have received from me. The other piece
of repurposing is making the document more visually friendly so that it is easier to
navigatethroughintheportfolio.
Soforassignment1and2inthe portfolio, essentiallywejusthavetoincorporatevisuals
thatpertaintoourtopictobemorereaderfriendly?(RohdinaH.)
Yes,somewhat.SeemyanswertoElenasquestionabove.
Should our background images/ creative designs in our portfolio relate to our topic as
opposedtohavingrandomimages?(RohdinaH.)
Yes.Youwanttomakesureyourmediaiscontentspecificandappropriate.
For assignment 3, will we have to revise everyones portfolios in our groups for peer
commentariesorwillitjustbethereflectionthatgetsrevised?(RohdinaH.)
It will be the portfolio and reflectionboth. You all will be viewing each others entire
portfoliojustlikeIhavebeendoingthroughouttheterm.
Can you give us anexampleofhowwewouldusethereflectionintoourportfolio?(Mary
MargaretC.)
Putting the reflection on the homepage would be ideal because it functions as a road
maptotheentireportfolio.
Is there a limit onhowmanyvideos/pictureswe canuseinourportfolio?(MaryMargaret
C.)

No.

HerearemyconcernsaboutAssignmentThree
Hereismyplaceholderexampleconcernswithmynameattached.(AshlynW.)
One major concern i have is creating a well balanced portfolio, that equally reflects the
classasawhole.(ZachB)
Having viewed your portfolios progress, I would say you are accomplishingthisgoalso
far.
Another Concern i have, is with repurposing my Assignment Two information, and
working it into my portfolio. I am afraid that in my repurposing, i will gearmyportfolioto
muchtowardsreflectingAssignmentTwo.(ZachB)
Iunderstandthisconcernthisiswhywearedoingaclassactivitytocompileideas.
A concern of mine would be creating a portfolio that visually shows as well as textually
shows the work throughout the semester. I feel like my portfolio in some ways
exemplifiesavisualsense,whereasinotherportionsmoreofatextualfeel.(JacobD.)
Nowthatwe arefocusingprimarilyontheportfolio, Ithinkyouwill beabletobalancethis
concern.Youcanalwaysworkwithmeifyouhavefurtherconcerns.
Another concern is that with repurposing the first two assignments i may change them
from what they are in a sense. I may focus on trying to make them better, butinsome
aspectsactuallymakethemworse.(JacobD.)
Iunderstandthisconcernthisiswhywearedoingaclassactivitytocompileideas.
Iam concerned that my portfolio will look to compacted and crowded with the somep
agesbeingoverfilled.(AbdulAlAsfar)
This is why using multiple pages and dropdown menus willbeuseful. Thiswill helpyou
spread out your information. Seeotherstudentportfoliosinourclassfora modelofhow
theyhavelaidouttheirinformation.
I am concerned with the embedding scribd portion of this assignment because I didnt
knowwehadtodothatlasttime,soImunsureofhowtodothatcorrectly.(AliaKhizer)
There is a scribd embedding handout that I have sent via email. If you need me to
resend,pleaseletmeknow.
I am concerned that my scribd documents will not show up or come outcorrectly.(Kyla
S.)
Dontworry,theywilldisplay.
Iamconcernedabouttheartifactportionoftheassignment.(Schroeder)
Canyouclarify?
One of my major concerns in therepurposing,ImworriedthatIwontdoitrightandthat
itllbemajorpointsoffofmygrade.(KylaS.)
Iunderstandthisconcernthisiswhywearedoingaclassactivitytocompileideas.
Im somewhatworriedintherepurposingAssignment1&2.IthinkIdidntreallygetwhat
youwantedustodoandImightendupdoingthewrongthing.(RanzS.)
Iunderstandthisconcernthisiswhywearedoingaclassactivitytocompileideas.

I am concerned that itwillnotfindbalanceinaddressingbothassignmentsoneandtwo.

(EmersonCreech)
If you create a separate page for each assignment, then you will be able to maintain a
balance.
I am concerned that the scribd embedding will be difficult to figure out. (Emerson
Creech)
There is a scribd embedding handout that I have sent via email. If you need me to
resend,pleaseletmeknow.
I am concerned that there will be a lot of information in a small space, as a majority of
myportfolioisalreadyfilled.(EmersonCreech)
This is why using multiple pages and dropdown menus willbeuseful. Thiswill helpyou
spread out your information. Seeotherstudentportfoliosinourclassfora modelofhow
theyhavelaidouttheirinformation.
ThePortfoliorequirementsseemoverwhelming(NickH)
I understand. But, if you look carefully at the requirements, you have completed large
portions of the portfolio already. Fromwhatwehavedonethusfar,youhavecompleted
aboutaofthework.
I have not done well on either of the past two portfolio checks so I am not super
optimisticaboutcompletingthisthirdcheck.(WilliamSells)
Understandable. I recommend you look at other student portfolios to see what others
are doingthere are several excellent models. Also, keep inmindthattheworkyouare
doingfromhereonoutisJUSTtheportfolio.
I am concerned about the repurposing section because I was suggested to do at least
two more observations and that takes a lot of time and I dont think it will affect my
assignment two as much as I originally thought it would. We decided thatbeforeIknew
what I was doing for my assignment two and now looking back I dont think its
necessarybutIamconcerneditwillhurtmygradenottochangeit.(KristenJo)
Isitpossibletoaddjust1moreobservationinsteadof2?
My main concern is using scribd. I didnt know how it functions orhowtoproperly useit
forourlastportfoliocheckandanotherclassmatehadtoshowme.(ZackS.)
There is a scribd embedding handout that I have sent via email. If you need me to
resend,pleaseletmeknow.
I have a concern regarding repurposing my portfolio since I might miss including some
informationwhenIrepurposeit.(ElenaS.)
You wont need toeliminateinformationwhenyourepurpose,butyoumaymovepieces
around.
The Portfolio seem a lot of work and I am afraid that I might miss a requirement and it
willaffectmygrade.(ElenaS.)
Keepuptheportfoliochecks,andyoushoulddowell.
I am concerned that I will try to jam everything to fit in my portfolio and it will not look
good.(RobertoV)

This is why using multiple pages and dropdown menus willbeuseful. Thiswill helpyou
spread out your information. Seeotherstudentportfoliosinourclassfora modelofhow
theyhavelaidouttheirinformation.
Are you grading on creativity as well a making sure we have everything we need to
withintheportfolio?(RobertoV)
Yes. The assignment guidelines are basically the rubric by which I respond/grade your
work.
Doesthereflectionneedtobeinaseparateplacewithintheportfolio?(RobertoV)
I would recommend that you put this on the homepage, so that it functions like a road
maptoyourportfolio.
This might be the hardest portfolio checks we have done and the first two have kicked
mytail.(JordanD.)
The assignment guidelines are broken down into 5 portfolio checks, and now you are
workingonthe3rdofthe5.
Will a basic design to the portfolio get the job done if it reaches the requirements?
(JordanD.)
Ifyoucompletetherequirements,thenyoucancertainlypassbutinordertomakeanA,
you have to put inmoreeffortandtakeriskswith theportfolio. Irecommendyoulooking
atotherstudentportfoliosintheclasstogetsomeideas.
I am mostly concerned about having every detail needed as required by the checklist,
although we have majority of it completed, between this last checklist and revising it,
worriesmebecausethisis40%ofourgrade.(RohdinaH.)
Keep up with the checklist items, readthemmorethanonce,recheckyourportfolio,and
youwilldowell.Slowingdown,payingattention,andcheckingbehindyourselfiskey.
I am concerned that I will be repeating myself in my portfolio because I might repeat
myselfinthesummaries,orwhenmakingconnections.(MaryMargaretC.)
Repetition usually isnt an issue. You want to be as explicit as possible and make
connectionsthroughout.
I am concerned that I will forget something to add in the portfolio or miss something.
(MaryMargaretC.)
Keep up with the checklist items, readthemmorethanonce,recheckyourportfolio,and
youwilldowell.Slowingdown,payingattention,andcheckingbehindyourselfiskey.